diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/flatbuffers/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/flatbuffers/default.nix
index 11e86703616..ac6a848949e 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/flatbuffers/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/flatbuffers/default.nix
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (rec {
   nativeBuildInputs = [ cmake ];
   enableParallelBuilding = true;
 
-  doCheck = true;
+  cmakeFlags = [ "-DFLATBUFFERS_BUILD_TESTS=${if doCheck then "ON" else "OFF"}" ];
+
+  doCheck = stdenv.hostPlatform == stdenv.buildPlatform;
   checkTarget = "test";
 
   meta = {